Little Worlds
Everybody has their own little world...
Pablo likes singing with the birds up in his treehouse, Frank and Melvin build fantastic mystery machines, and Clara dreams of faraway planets and galaxies...
Where is your little world?
Includes a Note to Parents and Caregivers with tools to spark your child's imagination, encourage free play and creativity, and foster empathy for others wherever their little world may be.
Born in Paris in 1975, Géraldine Collet studied modern history and taught for 14 years, first in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, then in the Aisne, in the city of Saint-Quentin where she currently lives. She is now a full-time author and writes principally for young readers. She has published about 60 books for children, some of which have been translated into Chinese, Korean, English, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch, and Italian.
A multifaceted illustrator, Sébastien Chebret mixes it up with sundry paints and media: everything from gouache to acrylic and watercolor, from collages and repurposed paper gleaned here and there in secondhand shops to a growing use of digital tools.
Collet’s book invites lively conversations between children and their parents. Parents will find her book nostalgic as they remember their favorite places to imagine, create, and dream… What a special way to listen and discover your child’s favorite places to dream and play. And it’s an opportunity to share your favorite memories together. When you listen, you encourage and your child to explore, experiment, imagine and pursue their different passions.
—Children’s Books Heal
Delightfully entertaining with a subtle and positive message.
—Midwest Book Review
This richly drawn book encourages youngsters from ages four to eight to explore their environment and to exercise their imaginations to fit within their individual frame of associations. This is a lovely book for parent and child to read together. Each of the individual themes presented in the short text along with the illustrations will evoke unique imaginary inner worlds that can be shared to enrich the youngster’s insights.
—San Francisco Book Review
Back matter from a psychologist gives suggestions for encouraging children in free, imaginative play, and also ways for fostering a sense of self and identity in children, as well as helping children build empathy. Bright, mixed-media illustrations with colorful details show happy children playing indoors and outdoors, in the city or the country, and sharing their interests with a variety of diverse friends. This plea for understanding and peace, translated from the French, concludes with the wish to build a better world together, here and elsewhere.
—Booklist
Each page feels like a fantasy, allowing readers to retreat into vibrantly colored realms from the starry night sky to the calm blue ocean. In this overly structured day and age, this book encourages free time to play and create, and celebrates those quiet moments when children can have their heads in the clouds...An homage to imagination and daydreamers.
—School Library Journal
This book is part of the Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) Social Emotional Learning Collection. Free resources, including puzzles and word games, designed to enhance both literacy skills and socioemotional engagement of young readers.
